Shipping-crate for eggs.



o; OBENAUER.

SHIPPING CRATE FOR EGGS. APPLICATION FILED JAN.V2O, 1914-.

L106,235, l Patented Aug.4,1914.

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www@ n Y- Within the casing and resting upon the bot- S'tae of New York, have invented new and tion.

lstruction and by means of whieh'e I be conveniently transported with fille least '-prising s bottom 6 sie Walls 7 and end Wells CHARLES OBENAUEE, CF BNGHKIQ SHPPING-GEATE EUR Speceeton of Letters Application ed January 29, 191e. Serial No. li.

To ab', whom it may concern f Be itY known that L CHARLES UBENAUER i Citizen oi the United Sintes` residing at., Binghamton, in the County of Broome and useful lnproemens in Shipping-Crates for of which the following is a speelicsr- T he general object of this invention is the provision of Aa shipping Crate of simple 'oonfgs may aging the same.

To this end Jthe invention consists essentia'lly of a easing Wihin which is removably arranged a tray from which rises e plurality possibility of breaking or otherwise damof spaced 1Elisirs of compnion egg carrying loops for rnily supporting `lie eggs individually.

Another importent objeet or' the nvenion is the provision of a device e1"- the ebove mentioned character with means to prevent sliding movement oi' tilting of I[he frame Within the easing which would obvionsly result in damaging the eggs when the laer came in Contact with the side Walls' or top of the casing.

With these anal other objects in View which will appear as he nature of the inventon is better understood, the same eensists n the combination, construction and arrangement of parte hereinefer more fully described and pointe out in the appended claim.

in the drawing forming s para of this application and in which like numerals of reerence indicate similar parts in the several views; Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View through the casing with the tray in piosition therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional "iew, 3 is a perspective View of one paie or" the egg supporting loops; Fig. e is a irons elevation of the egg supporting loops' partly in section.. Y'

seiesrin'g te the rawng ey numerals 5 designates e easing consructeil of any Suable materiel, and of any required size, com- 8 and 9. The casing is provided wih a cover 10 hin ed thereto by means of the sul)- stantielly triangular plates 1l which are secured to the-edges of the cover as et zen'rl pvoteliy connectedfto the opposite'ends of the' casing as shown. Removably arranged stressed leeg; s

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coils l5. The Wire oi en bent ie form loos i" *lv* r' Wl'ieh r opposiie end bsereo" se nates eo provisie The Wire se rile ogipose sideis alien lient 1s passe@ wrong or te -pz'eiaile s4 *i l? wliei ils' pese f igle esiflle'e Y er elle tension spring coil I of le" is passe 'coil l@ from is posie side :m51 emines to preside bashing versies fsimiier s e?" poicn 05'? lie leeg l'. pertsns 19 snel il@ erepassei eine able openings El' in elle strips ane i* the plates secured we sire mfe s 'enfl 'leent entre y gsgemen; eiserewfa, Tile pren@ sirecl es eolfled er 'eerwise iin.- e the pistes 'laeeress ple-ee e 'oop is eers-Jee; ugfwerclly and suivi-e? lzeieles entrance passage sie tate the eesif. of the egg neme its merli: er ing; einen-wessi i bessi'sg ein ie masser. ess ng, l', er@ i secnrefsl in einen e msnm-er' se e wall end abee she lien; f5 e of tenes sabsegltiely erge-elise elfe thickness strips fsnf yemes se ibas enee the frame 'will snvg'gf o in the spese lnesweenthe elem; s's been; i, 6. Secured 'se 1f; is eppesie end well he n rappe? en. "o s vertically ispesed spring 25 which is bowerl or cnrvef inwsrdly from its epper of iss lower enel einen i is slightly'spaced above the bottom 6 to permit the spring to straighten out upon insertion of the tray 'Swithin the casing, rlhe spring-25 operates to retain the tray 1mm'ovably positioned within the casing by bearing against one end thereof, thus hold ing the opposite end in position below the cleat 24.

The device is extremely sim le in construction, and readily and easi y manipulated for the purpose intended. The tray may be readily removed from the casing by 'simply lifting up on the end adjacent the spring' 25. After the eggs have been properly positioned between the loops 16- and 17 one end of the tray is placed beneaththe l cleat 24 and the opposite end forced down fin position upon the bottom against the tension of the spring 24 which in turn operates to irmlysupport the tray against movement Withln the casing.v The cover is then closed 4and locked in any suitable manner, after which the casing and its contents -is ready for shipment.

From the foregping description taken in connection with t e accompanying drawing it is bcheved that'the nature and advantages ofthe invention willl be thoroughly understood Without further explanation, and

of wire bent intermediate its length to form a spring coil, the terminals'of the Wire at each end of the coil being extended in the direction of the opposite ends of the coil to provide companion loops normally contacting each other, the free ends of the loop being passed in opposite directions through the coil and bent to provide means for securing the carrier to a support..

In testimony whereof I aliixmy signature in presence of Witnesses.

CHARLES OBENAUER.-

WVitnesses:

DOUGLAS' V; ASHLEY, BERTHA M. HUNT,

HENRY C. OLMsTED. 

